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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/betuyā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷétw-ih₂ ~ *gʷtu-yéh₂, from *gʷétu (“resin”) + *-ih₂.
Noun
*betuyā f[1][2][3]
- birch tree
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *betuyā | *betuyai | *betuyās |
| vocative | *betuyā | *betuyai | *betuyās |
| accusative | *betuyam | *betuyai | *betuyāms |
| genitive | *betuyās | *betuyous | *betuyom |
| dative | *betuyāi | *betuyābom | *betuyābos |
| locative | *betuyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *betuyābim | *betuyābis |
Alternative reconstructions
- *betwyā[4]
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *bedu
- Middle Breton: bezu
- Middle Welsh: bedwen sg
- Welsh: bedw
- Old Irish: beithe m
- Middle Irish: beith f
- Irish: beith
- Manx: beih
- Scottish Gaelic: beith
- Middle Irish: beith f
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*betu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-65
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 326
- Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume B, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pages B-28
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211